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NEWS RELEASE October 16, 2017
LEADING EDGE MATERIALS CORP.
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Leading Edge Materials Partners With Ångström Advanced
Battery Centre for Natural Graphite Anode Research
Vancouver, Canada – Leading Edge Materials Corp . (“Leading Edge Materials”) or (the Company”)
(TSXV: LEM) (OTCQB: LEMIF) is pleased to anno unce the Company’s participation in a Swedish
Government Funded research project entitled “ Natural Swedish Graphite for Future Lithium Ion
Batteries”.
Leading Edge Materials is a founding participant in the project, along with the Ångström Advanced Battery
Centre (“ÅABC”), Uppsala University, Sweden. The project is focused on the application and optimization
of high purity natural graphite as anode material for lithium ion batteries, using graphite sourced from
Leading Edge Material’s Woxna project in Sweden. Major funding is provided by Vinnova, a Swedish
government agency working under the Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation to promote research
investment.
The Natural Swedish Graphite project brings together a very knowledgeable team with decades of lithium
ion battery research and development experience. Led by Uppsala University’s Professor Kristina Edström,
the ÅABC is the largest battery research group in the Nordic countries with research focused on all aspects
of the chemistry of rechargeable batteries and fuel cells. The total project bu dget is SEK 1.75 million
(approximately CA$270,000) and the project is scheduled to run until Q3 2019.
Professor Kristina Edström stated “ÅABC is looking forward to working with Woxna battery graphite to
develop a superior anode material both technically and environmentally for the future cell manufacturers
in Europe and the world.”
Project aims include:
The manufacture of natural graphite powder with optimized particle size distribution and shape
to facilitate rapid lithium movement;
Optimization of the natural graphite purification process with as low environmental impact as
possible;
Testing of graphite electrodes using new processes and binders for commercialization;
Development of polymeric composites that withst and long term exposure to high temperatures
and humidity by using graphene as diffusion barrier.
Blair Way, President and CEO, stated “The Ångström Centre is highly regarded globally with many decades
of lithium ion battery research and development. We are very pleased to have the opportunity to work
with Professor Edström and her team on the furthe r development of natural graphite from Woxna for
high value anode materials.”
On behalf of the Board,
"Blair Way"
Blair Way, President & CEO
For further information, contact: 1.604.685.9316
www.leadingedgematerials.com
About Leading Edge Materials
Leading Edge Materials was formed with our sights firmly focused on the material demands of a once-in-a-generation
revolution, as the world shifts to the efficient production , storage and preservation of low carbon energy. From the
lithium batteries in our electric vehicles to our ability to generate energy from the sun, wind and waves LEM is focused
on the green energy markets. With a focus on Europe an d assets in innovation-rich Scandinavia, Leading Edge
Materials is ideally placed to play a pivotal role in the sustainable supply of critical technology materials.
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About Ångström Advanced Battery Centre (ÅABC),
The Ångström Advanced Battery Centre is the largest batte ry research group in the Nordic region and is led by
Professor Kristina Edström, Uppsala University in Uppsula. The lab has all necessary equipment for available for the
project including furnaces for purification, mills for powder processing, microscopes (SEM and TEM), spectroscopic
methods, XRD, a small pilot line for electrode production and battery manufacturing, and more than 200 channels
for cycling batteries testing. The group can manufacture battery cells ranging from button cells, Swagelock cells,
pouch cells to 18560 size battery cells. ÅABC battery group recently received SEK 27 million from the Battery Fund,
a research and development program focused on battery reuse and recycling, and on vehicle batteries, run jointly by
the Swedish Energy Agency and the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency.
About Vinnova
Vinnova is a Swedish government agency working under the Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation and acts as the
national contact agency for the EU Framework Program for R&D. They promote sustainable growth by funding needs-
driven research and stimulating collaborations between companies, universities, research institutes and public sector.
The TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulati on Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX
Venture Exchange), accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.
The qualified person as defined in National Instrument 43-101 for the Woxna project, Blair Way, President, Chief
Executive Officer and a director of the Company, and a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy,
has reviewed and verified the contents of this release.
Forward-Looking Information. This news release may contain forward-looking statements and information based
on current expectations. These statements should not be read as guarantees of future performance or results. Such
statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainti es and other factors that may cause actual results,
performance or achievements to be materially different from those implied by such statements. Such statements
include but are not limited to, the Company’s expectations regarding development and graphite production at Woxna,
the Company’s preliminary economic assessment on Woxna is no longer current or valid as a result of the filing of a
new NI 43-101 Technical Report effective March 24, 2015, and the Company has no plans to complete a new
preliminary economic assessment, a pre-feasibility or feasibilit y study on the project, as such there is an increased
risk of technical and economic failure for the Woxna graphite project; unexpected geological conditions; exploration
activities to advance other critical material projects of the Company for energy storage markets, delays in obtaining
or failure to obtain necessary permits and approvals from government authorities. Al though such statements are
based on management's reasonable assumptions, there ar e risk factors which could cause the Company's actual
results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements
expressed or implied by the forward-lo oking information contained herein. All forward-looking information herein is
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